Game Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope
Developer/publisher Ubisoft (Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris)
Format Switch
Release October 20
Fifteen years ago, Nintendo decided it was time Mario left the Mushroom Kingdom behind – at least for a while – and sent its beloved mascot into space. We needn’t remind you of the result. Now, Ubisoft is looking to repeat the trick with its turn-based strategy sequel, although as in 2017’s Kingdom Battle, the plumber has some rambunctious company. “In Kingdom Battle, we were in a twisted version of the Mushroom Kingdom, so we thought: how can we expand the universe?” associate producer Cristina Nava begins. The answer: by going into the universe. “Once we decided, ‘OK, we want to journey through the planets’, it came quite easily to use some Galaxy elements. Of course, it’s not a Galaxy game, but there are for sure Galaxy vibes.”
The of strategy games is certainly one heck of a pitch. But the reason is such an enticing proposition has less to do with the direct links to (including a jaded, sleepy-eyed Rabbid take on celestial goddess Rosalina, and those titular Sparks, hybrids of Lumas and Rabbids) and more what this cosmic journey Like Nintendo’s seminal platformer, there is a clear desire to shake things up
